Reserve your company name with ASIC electronically through Cleardocs. You can reserve a name for a proprietary limited company or a public company limited by guarantee.
5 minutes
The master documents are written in plain
language and are signed-off by our lawyers at Maddocks.
Complete the question interface, pay the Cleardocs and ASIC fee and Cleardocs immediately sends the application to ASIC to reserve the company name.
Once the company name is reserved:
The company name is reserved for 2 months.
You can extend the company name reservation for a further 2 months provided you have a good reason. ASIC allows 2 extensions if there are exceptional circumstances.
You must lodge an application for extension before the current period of reservation expires.
To extend the name reservation through Cleardocs, you go through exactly the same process as when you first reserved the name. Each extension costs the same amount as the reservation.
Reserving the company name does not register the company. You can register the company online through Cleardocs:
The Company Name Reservation information here should be considered general in nature, and in no way interpreted as legal advice. You must always seek your own independent legal, accounting and financial advice about your particular situation. The summary on this page is for information purposes only.
The legal information and commentary on this site is general only. Documents ordered through Cleardocs affect the user's legal rights and liabilities. To assess their suitability for the user, legal accounting and financial advice must be obtained.
A simple and fast process:
Register as a User - it's free;
Select your required document;
Answer the online interface questions;
i. If you are unable to complete the question interface, you can save the document and return to it later.
ii. We provide help-text beside many questions. To see the help-text, simply click the beside the question. Common questions and answers relating to our document packages can also be found at our legal FAQ's.
Pay by credit card
(Visa or Mastercard);
Receive, download and store the document; and
If printing and binding is ordered, confirm.
For any questions or assistance in this process, we have local helpline support. Call us on 1300 307 343.
With a wide range of documents, Cleardocs is the most comprehensive document suite available - all in one place. You can be confident that our documents are current and compliant, with compliance upgrades to popular documents just a few clicks away.
